Rules or Consequences? The Role of Ethical Mind-Sets in Moral Dynamics

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 482-488

  Cornelissen, Gert ^a   Bashshur, Michael R ^b   Rode, Julian ^c   Le Menestrel, Marc ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Spain)

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

decision making; ethical behavior; ethical mind sets; goals; moral balancing; moral consistency; morality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876193094     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612457376     Document Type: Article

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